Ellery Queen is a legendary amateur detective and writer of crime novels. Under his name, cousins Frederick Dannay (1905-1982) and Manfred Lee (1905-1971) wrote a series of fascinating books, standing on a par with the works of the coryphae of the detective genre A .. Christy, E. C. Gardner, R. Stout and J. D. Karra. Sinister Killer Strangler Keeps Whole New York at Risk Tandem Queen is at the forefront of the search for the elusive maniac And the main question is what is the criminal guided by choosing a victim? It is the lack of an obvious answer to this question that caused panic and unrest in the city .